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a federal project, ahead of schedule, and under budget, not bad. republicans a working for a republican president, and you were picked by her, and then barack obama picked you to be the head of nie age. nih. how did that happen? >> medicine, non-partisan. may always be that way. that is something we should value if we care about our health and that of our family and our friends and our constituents. this is not something where republicans and democrats generally differ. the president9, in his brief made this announcement, and then i want to ask you what happened. [video clip] dowe knew the work that you would not get done if left solely to the private sector. some research does not lend itself to a quick profit, and that is why places like the nih were founded, and that is why my administration is for the pursuit of discovery, and that is why we are announcing we were awarded $5 billion, that is with a b, in grants through the recovery act to conduct cutting- edge research all across the america. >> assuming you were in the room, what happened to t
a federal project, ahead of schedule, and under budget, not bad. republicans a working for a republican president, and you were picked by her, and then barack obama picked you to be the head of nie age. nih. how did that happen? >> medicine, non-partisan. may always be that way. that is something we should value if we care about our health and that of our family and our friends and our constituents. this is not something where republicans and democrats generally differ. the president9, in...
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georgia insurance rates spike under obama care. chattanooga business owner says obama care costing workers pay raises and benefits. consumers could see 25% premium increases under obama care. half of affordable care act call center jobs will be part time. obama care to impact franklin workers. white castle on obama care, we may only hire part-time workers. well point sees small employers dropping health coverage. growing worries forces out of state markets. full-time versus part-time workers obama. obama forces work hour limits for students. obama care delays relief for family business. texas business owner facing a million dollars in obama care costs. and i have pages and pages and pages and i'll be reading these on the floor of the house tonight. but the point is these aren't manufactured concerns, these aren't opinions. these are real news articles. so in a serious way, i'm trying to convey that a lot of our objections and concern reflect the concerns of our constituents. i hear it every day. i got a text on the way -- i was ove
georgia insurance rates spike under obama care. chattanooga business owner says obama care costing workers pay raises and benefits. consumers could see 25% premium increases under obama care. half of affordable care act call center jobs will be part time. obama care to impact franklin workers. white castle on obama care, we may only hire part-time workers. well point sees small employers dropping health coverage. growing worries forces out of state markets. full-time versus part-time workers...
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dedicated in the last couple of years under the antiquities act. we have been talking about the beauty and the history of the national parks and the monuments can wonder if ms. pierno talk about the positive economic impact on the local economies. guest: thank you for that question. we were proud to be involved in the designation of fort monro. tubman andharriet colonel young and caesar shift as that tell a complete story of america. i was suggest that when you look statistically, for every dollar that is spent for the national park service, it is $10 in economic benefits. we are not talking about a few million or a few hundred million. it is ultimately a billion dollars or more that is generated by national parks. over 300 million visitors just in one year visiting our national park sites. they are talking about 750,000 per day that are not being able to enter parks with disclosure. the economic impact and the multiplier effect is enormous. andink we are seeing that we are just starting to hear that. this time around, it is during peak season. the
dedicated in the last couple of years under the antiquities act. we have been talking about the beauty and the history of the national parks and the monuments can wonder if ms. pierno talk about the positive economic impact on the local economies. guest: thank you for that question. we were proud to be involved in the designation of fort monro. tubman andharriet colonel young and caesar shift as that tell a complete story of america. i was suggest that when you look statistically, for every...
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under president obama they are being sent to the house to live under government assistance level checks. 60,000 per year, tax payer, gone. those coal miners will not impact the environment enough to be seen by the human eye. have 123 timber mills in the processing timber. from our national forests. is the last one standing. he is down from 96 employees and dropped to 12. that thell you american government is crushing american businesses. their crushing the middle-class. the genius of america is being silenced. our best performers are giving up. the hardest workers are walking away. businesses are our hope for the future and economy. and they're looking at government and wondering what is going on. businesses are the thing that separates us from being south sudan. we have all the potential in america and our kinetic energy has realized this. and yet we are being silenced by a government. as atlas shrugged, i cannot answer that. i can say that atlas is shrugging. god bless you all, thank you very much. >> laughed and certainly not least we have jeanette hernandez-prenger. [applause] thank
under president obama they are being sent to the house to live under government assistance level checks. 60,000 per year, tax payer, gone. those coal miners will not impact the environment enough to be seen by the human eye. have 123 timber mills in the processing timber. from our national forests. is the last one standing. he is down from 96 employees and dropped to 12. that thell you american government is crushing american businesses. their crushing the middle-class. the genius of america is...
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under president obama's leadership, we've ended the war in iraq, begun a transition in afghanistan and brought osama bin laden to justice. we've also revitalized american diplomacy and strengthened our alliances and while our economic recovery is not yet complete, we are heading in the right direction. in short, america today is stronger at home and more respected in the world. and our global leadership is on firmer footing than many predicted. to understand what we have been trying to do the last four years, it's helpful to start with some history. last year, i was honored to deliver the lecture at the forrestal naval acadamy named for our first secretary of defense after world war ii. in 1946, james forrestal noted in his diary that the soviets believed in the post-war world should be shaped by a handful of major power acting alone, but, he went on, the american point of view is that all nations professing a desire for peace and democracy should participate. and what ended up happening in the years since is something in between. the united states and our allies succeeded in construct
under president obama's leadership, we've ended the war in iraq, begun a transition in afghanistan and brought osama bin laden to justice. we've also revitalized american diplomacy and strengthened our alliances and while our economic recovery is not yet complete, we are heading in the right direction. in short, america today is stronger at home and more respected in the world. and our global leadership is on firmer footing than many predicted. to understand what we have been trying to do the...
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persons under section 715. i agree with this prohibition. but it has nothing to do with the current misuse of section 215 to engage in the suspicious collection of telephone records. the dragnet section reveals call information, including phone numbers, called duration, but not the content. therefore, this amendment would have no impact whatsoever on this misuse of section 215. metadata reveals highly personal information, including when and how often calls the doctor, a journalist, or a local tea party affiliates. by tracing the pattern of calls, the government can take details from anyone's associations and activities. congress never authorized this type of unchecked surveillance of our citizens. is this problem, the indiscriminate collection of metadata under section 215, that we need to fix right now. the amendment restores the required relationship between the collection of records, and persons being investigated. the amash amendment does not fix the problem with 215. the other amendment does. however you vote, it is imperative that we
persons under section 715. i agree with this prohibition. but it has nothing to do with the current misuse of section 215 to engage in the suspicious collection of telephone records. the dragnet section reveals call information, including phone numbers, called duration, but not the content. therefore, this amendment would have no impact whatsoever on this misuse of section 215. metadata reveals highly personal information, including when and how often calls the doctor, a journalist, or a local...
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obama care. >> i am not surprised the majority leader wants to talk about health care. much of that legislation he is all the times the republican party has tried to repeal health care. clear thisake it will is a very positive though for the american people. the bill to which the gentle man refers covered less than 3 million people of the 30 million to 40 million people who have no insurance. tens of millions of people i predict by the middle of next going to be having coverage and health care insurance because we passed this bill. he is right. the rollout is terrible. in president is disappointed that. it is being worked on. he doesn't recall the rollout of the subscription drug hill. -- bill. medicaret recall that had a tough rollout for a couple years. i am not saying they don't believe it. there are people who say we ought to not have medicare. the fact of the matter is the health-care bill is going to work, but it is interesting that when you ask a specific question , it passed in a bipartisan fashion overwhelmingly. health carethe good bill. that is the politics o
obama care. >> i am not surprised the majority leader wants to talk about health care. much of that legislation he is all the times the republican party has tried to repeal health care. clear thisake it will is a very positive though for the american people. the bill to which the gentle man refers covered less than 3 million people of the 30 million to 40 million people who have no insurance. tens of millions of people i predict by the middle of next going to be having coverage and health...
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republicans want to continue to waste millions of dollars of taxpayer money defending a lot of the obama administration has already said they will not spend a penny on. typical tax-and-spend republican policies. last congress finished with the majority of republicans voting for the biggest tax increase in the history of our country by opposing the fiscal cliff tax relief bill. now here we are sticking taxpayers with millions of dollars of unnecessary costs right on day one in the house itself. at least one democrat spend money we build a house -- homes and bridges and provide health care. republican spending goes right into the pockets of lawyers. big spending republicans on day one are spending millions of dollars of taxpayer money on a federal takeover of marriage and a lawyer stimulus. wrong foot to start off on. i yield back. >> the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you, madam speaker. i reserve my time. >> the gentlelady from new york. >> i am pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, the ranking member of the committee on education. >> the gentleman
republicans want to continue to waste millions of dollars of taxpayer money defending a lot of the obama administration has already said they will not spend a penny on. typical tax-and-spend republican policies. last congress finished with the majority of republicans voting for the biggest tax increase in the history of our country by opposing the fiscal cliff tax relief bill. now here we are sticking taxpayers with millions of dollars of unnecessary costs right on day one in the house itself....
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. >> we will not negotiate under the threat of further harm to our economy and middle-class families. >> stay with c-span for coverage of the government shutdown and your input into the conversation. >> i am disgusted that obama cannot compromise. he refuses to negotiate. >> the republicans are playing stupid games. if everybody played these games, it is something resembling trees and. -- treason. >> president obama nominated janet yellen to head the federal reserve. if confirmed, she will take over for an bernanke. -- ben bernanke. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states accompanied by ben bernanke and vice chair, janet yellen. >> have a seat, everybody. good afternoon. over the past five years, america has fought its way back from the worst recession since the great depression. we have passed historic reform to prevent another crisis and protect consumers. for the past three and a half years, our businesses have created 7.5 million new jobs. our housing market is rebounding. manufacturing is growing. the auto industry has come rolling back. we have cut the defici
. >> we will not negotiate under the threat of further harm to our economy and middle-class families. >> stay with c-span for coverage of the government shutdown and your input into the conversation. >> i am disgusted that obama cannot compromise. he refuses to negotiate. >> the republicans are playing stupid games. if everybody played these games, it is something resembling trees and. -- treason. >> president obama nominated janet yellen to head the federal...
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obama care. we need to be able to draw the distinction and point people to these exchanges so they can do some comparison shopping and get policies that will provide them with insurance. i would like to see you guys do a more aggressive job in regard to that. i would like to know from you, ma'am, how are the state exchanges working? what effects are the problems of the federal remember site having on state-run exchanges and how are the new upgrades in the website fixes going to affect state-run exchanges such as covered california? >> let me say that the state-based exchanges are doing a very good job. california as you mentioned has been a really nice success story, but there are large and small states. california and new york are huge states having great success. where we've been able to work closely with them and we talk with them daily is obviously they use the hub for verification of information. the hub has worked pretty much flawlessly. i always knock on wood when i say that. they've been
obama care. we need to be able to draw the distinction and point people to these exchanges so they can do some comparison shopping and get policies that will provide them with insurance. i would like to see you guys do a more aggressive job in regard to that. i would like to know from you, ma'am, how are the state exchanges working? what effects are the problems of the federal remember site having on state-run exchanges and how are the new upgrades in the website fixes going to affect state-run...
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i have two tours in iraq and two in afghanistan, to see this nonsense carried on under the reign of obama for the past six years or so, it just really -- it's heart breaking and it's frustrating. you know? i have a wife who's a federal employee and myself being the military, i'm a federal employee as well. there are things that need to happen, there are things that need to change in this country and a lot of it comes down to the terms of how long the president can serve and the congress and the house should be limited. they shouldn't be able to make a career out of this. that's not what it was intended for. decades, centuries ago, they came in do justice for our country and not just to make money and get their own health care. they're overpaid. they don't do what they're supposed to do, that needs to change. that needs to be limited to six years. you're done, you're out, you go back to the workforce. make this happen, make this country what it used to be, you know. but continue to fight, fight for this country and fight for our freedoms and rights every day. it's frustrating to this point
i have two tours in iraq and two in afghanistan, to see this nonsense carried on under the reign of obama for the past six years or so, it just really -- it's heart breaking and it's frustrating. you know? i have a wife who's a federal employee and myself being the military, i'm a federal employee as well. there are things that need to happen, there are things that need to change in this country and a lot of it comes down to the terms of how long the president can serve and the congress and the...
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persons under section 715. i agree with this prohibition. but it has nothing to do with the current misuse of section 215 to engage in the suspicious collection of telephone records. reveals callection information, including phone numbers, called duration, but not the content. therefore, this amendment would have no impact whatsoever on this misuse of section 215. metadata reveals highly personal information, including when and how often calls the doctor, a journalist, or a local tea party affiliates. by tracing the pattern of calls, the government can take details from anyone's associations and activities. congress never authorized this type of unchecked surveillance is this problem, the indiscriminate collection of metadata under section 215, that we need to fix right now. the amendment restores the required relationship between the collection of records, and persons being investigated.the hamas coming as a minimum it -- amendment --this amendment does not fix the problem with 215.the other amendment does. however u-boats, -- however u- bo
persons under section 715. i agree with this prohibition. but it has nothing to do with the current misuse of section 215 to engage in the suspicious collection of telephone records. reveals callection information, including phone numbers, called duration, but not the content. therefore, this amendment would have no impact whatsoever on this misuse of section 215. metadata reveals highly personal information, including when and how often calls the doctor, a journalist, or a local tea party...
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. >> for the last four years, president obama repeatedly promised the american people but if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. melodyty, that is -- for , that is not true. her health-care plan was no longer good enough under obamacare and when she looked at options for new insurance, like so many other americans, she found out that her family's insurance costs would go up to 250% and the deductible would increase by $2000. she told me they do not qualify for any premium assistance even though we are a family of three living on a single income. we are more likely to go without health care coverage because our premiums will cost more per year than we would wind up spending on medical expenses without insurance. mr. speaker, this is not about politics. this is about real people in our districts that are being harmed by obamacare. needmerican people don't apologies. they don't need temporary administrative waivers. they need permanent solutions that will protect hard-working americans from the coverage cancellations among loss of access to. airs, and rhenium spikes. spikes.
. >> for the last four years, president obama repeatedly promised the american people but if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. melodyty, that is -- for , that is not true. her health-care plan was no longer good enough under obamacare and when she looked at options for new insurance, like so many other americans, she found out that her family's insurance costs would go up to 250% and the deductible would increase by $2000. she told me they do not qualify for any premium...
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there is no general mandate under medicaid to reimburse providers for all or substantially all costs. as children defense fund president, mary adelman said at the same hearing in june 2009, talking about a child with medicaid who died, his mother could not get the dentist to take him because of low reimbursement rates. andthan gruber's research others suggest between 50%-80% of all new medicaid enrollees will lose private insurance as it is crowded out by medicaid. in arizona according to a 2013 report, most hospitals receive 70% of medicare rates. that's unsustainable. some will benefit from the expansion, but the losers will far outnumber the winners. to respond to congressman dingell, he may not be saying how the surgery gets done but he's impacting who will get it and when. the access problems do not end with medicaid. the healthcare exchanges are really just a variation of arizona's 100% had care managed system. it was expanded actually cost over four times what was predicted by supporters. the policies available through the exchanges, even with subsidies for many far more expens
there is no general mandate under medicaid to reimburse providers for all or substantially all costs. as children defense fund president, mary adelman said at the same hearing in june 2009, talking about a child with medicaid who died, his mother could not get the dentist to take him because of low reimbursement rates. andthan gruber's research others suggest between 50%-80% of all new medicaid enrollees will lose private insurance as it is crowded out by medicaid. in arizona according to a...
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as you know, the disagreement is on the special treatment under obama care. our position is very simple. it is no special treatment under the law. it is to delay the individual mandate. why are middle-class americans subject to the tax and penalties but not big business? that is not fair. what we have seen is the senate refuse to take the bills up and try to vent their anger and impose that on the american oh. we are trying to ease the pain. there is a majority of senators who would say we really believe that sick children ought to have access to clinical trials. we believe that poor women and children should have the assistance they need. we do not believe they should be put through this pain. i implore you to ask the majority leader why he is not taking these bills up. >> the majority of the senate wants to take the bills out. why would any house be able to get a vote on that? >> there has been no roll call votes in the senate. we are saying we have a lot in common. i think most american people do not tolerate the fact that this president has continued to i
as you know, the disagreement is on the special treatment under obama care. our position is very simple. it is no special treatment under the law. it is to delay the individual mandate. why are middle-class americans subject to the tax and penalties but not big business? that is not fair. what we have seen is the senate refuse to take the bills up and try to vent their anger and impose that on the american oh. we are trying to ease the pain. there is a majority of senators who would say we...
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this is from "the washington times" pointing out there have been 307 drone strikes under the obama administration, 49 under the bush administration, the year with the most strikes in 2010. so far this year, 12. back to the phones, charles from st. petersburg, florida. democratic line. about: i know you spoke the chinese prisoners. they were apprehended in afghanistan, i believe, and they have nothing to do with terrorism and should be returned to their country. where do these men go for justice? how can they obtain justice? guest: that question applied not only to those in guantanamo, those released, and many victims of abuse of u.s. counterterrorism policies, the people that were tortured at the hands of u.s. government. the u.s. had made it impossible for them to get justice here. surprising of the aspects of the administration's response to counter-terrorism, to claim that none of these cases can move forward in the u.s., at the beginning whether someone was tortured by the government would expose national secrets. that is not something the president talked about, but that is key. i would love
this is from "the washington times" pointing out there have been 307 drone strikes under the obama administration, 49 under the bush administration, the year with the most strikes in 2010. so far this year, 12. back to the phones, charles from st. petersburg, florida. democratic line. about: i know you spoke the chinese prisoners. they were apprehended in afghanistan, i believe, and they have nothing to do with terrorism and should be returned to their country. where do these men go...
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the first thing i am confused about, the supreme court under the obama law had to rewrite the tax code in order to make it a law, correct? guest: that is not how they have put it erie of the chief justice said that the key provision was susceptible to to readings and he was going to read it as constitutional. guest: based on what? part of the constitution? guest: the spending clause -- caller: based on what? part of the constitution? guest: the spending clause. caller: ok, my next question is i thought only the house of representatives could make taxes, not the supreme court. that is why i am confused about that. guest: that is exactly what the chief justice said, the house and the senate had passed a law that did impose this kind of structure. host: get your questions answered? caller: that was one, the next is you are talking about individual contributions. you just read this morning mayor bloomberg going to give cory walker $1 million. is he legally allowed to do that? guest: he can spend money independently to support. i guess the truth is he is a state candidate, so it depends on
the first thing i am confused about, the supreme court under the obama law had to rewrite the tax code in order to make it a law, correct? guest: that is not how they have put it erie of the chief justice said that the key provision was susceptible to to readings and he was going to read it as constitutional. guest: based on what? part of the constitution? guest: the spending clause -- caller: based on what? part of the constitution? guest: the spending clause. caller: ok, my next question is i...
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rehearsals were under way for next week festivities. here's a look at the parade rehearsal. for ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> also on c-span radio and online. we will take to this for discussion on venezuela. actually, we will have the president. he will give his final news conference of his first term. we will have that again starting at 11:15 eastern. right now a discussion on the council of the americas and venezuela. >> aegis of the director of the consumer financial bureau. for more on this subject we turn to gretchen morgenson. take us through some of the highlights of these new roles. >> basically, what these are designed to do is to prevent the kinds of poisonous predatory mortgages from being written. it matured ait matured a lot ofs into the loan. it is to make sure that the borrower will have the ability to repay the mortgage over time. that is probably the leading characteristic. what were some of the practices that allowed banks to give out the sky and the mortgages? >> there were many mortgages for or written without any consideration for the borrowers. as we have known a
rehearsals were under way for next week festivities. here's a look at the parade rehearsal. for ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> also on c-span radio and online. we will take to this for discussion on venezuela. actually, we will have the president. he will give his final news conference of his first term. we will have that again starting at 11:15 eastern. right now a discussion on the council of the americas and venezuela. >> aegis of the director of the consumer financial bureau. for more on...
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under president obama, even his judicial nominees have had to wait longer than president bush. we have one nominee who deals with making sure the water we drink and the air we breathe is pure. he has been waiting almost 890 days because they do not like that agency, the environmental protection agency. it is an undeniable fact that the obstruction we have seen this year is new and very, very different. this is not just about republicans versus democrats. this is about doing what is right for this institution to involve and remain responsive to -- evolve and remain responsive to the needs this country has, and we have not been doing that. the status quo of this gridlock has guaranteed that the middle class gets no attention whatsoever. the most important distinction today between those who are willing to solve this problem and those who defend the status quo, how can anyone in good conscience defend the status quo? for people to stand and say, you are breaking the rules to change the rules. since 1977, the rules have been changed 18 times. rules are changed all the time. senator
under president obama, even his judicial nominees have had to wait longer than president bush. we have one nominee who deals with making sure the water we drink and the air we breathe is pure. he has been waiting almost 890 days because they do not like that agency, the environmental protection agency. it is an undeniable fact that the obstruction we have seen this year is new and very, very different. this is not just about republicans versus democrats. this is about doing what is right for...
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and even under president obama, 19 c.r.'s. ssed why can't we do it now. why can't we do what this house been doing for decades, passing the c.r. to keep government open. it's not the responsible thing for our committee. the c.r. is given up because we haven't passed appropriation bills that are really the mechanics of how we ought to be spending money. my colleague, mr. aderholt, 94 times voted for a c.r. i cannot support this piecemeal specialty of the day. let's just vote for one segment of the government and ignore all the rest. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from alabama. mr. aderholt: i yield four minutes to the chairman of the full appropriations committee, mr. rogers of kentucky. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, this duringkes sure that even this shut down, the food and drug administration's critical safeguards remain in place to protect our food and drug supply, the health of our people should not be jeopardized. this legislation provid
and even under president obama, 19 c.r.'s. ssed why can't we do it now. why can't we do what this house been doing for decades, passing the c.r. to keep government open. it's not the responsible thing for our committee. the c.r. is given up because we haven't passed appropriation bills that are really the mechanics of how we ought to be spending money. my colleague, mr. aderholt, 94 times voted for a c.r. i cannot support this piecemeal specialty of the day. let's just vote for one segment of...
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under obama care, you can have a high deductible and still pay $20,000. it mandated everything that guos into it. the problem is that the insurance companies are never going to offer those policies again because they're told within a year, even if you delay it for a year, within a year, forced to buy e the new policies which are more expensive. you sell bread, you sell for $1 a loaf. they say we're going force verybody to buy it for $2 a loaf. you going to continue to sell it for $1 a loaf? do that. going to young healthy people were not buying insurance because it was oo expensive under the old system. we made it more expensive. you think more or less people will buy it? a year, it may spiral out of control where premiums come back before the premiums ions and the go up to such a degree that the system just collapses of its own weight. there may come a time that the democrats beg us to fix it. the only reason they may not is the president seems to think that he's a monarch and he seems to think that he can just fix it on his own with no vote. >> the fina
under obama care, you can have a high deductible and still pay $20,000. it mandated everything that guos into it. the problem is that the insurance companies are never going to offer those policies again because they're told within a year, even if you delay it for a year, within a year, forced to buy e the new policies which are more expensive. you sell bread, you sell for $1 a loaf. they say we're going force verybody to buy it for $2 a loaf. you going to continue to sell it for $1 a loaf? do...
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social programs are facing a cut back under president obama's budget. last caller on this topic in the spurt, virginia. -- in leesburg virginia. caller: those calling and saying we should pay into payroll tax -- that is nonsense. it is a pay-as-you-go system. for those receiving benefits right now -- there is no lock box. it is nonsense. second point, the military theet is a majority of discretionary portion of the budget. over all it is a very small portion of the budget. i think what is important, i like the gentleman earlier talking about finding common ground. can we not agree that the country is broke? can we not agree on that? do the math. look at the budget. the money is not there. i know plenty of democrats did not like to talk about illegal immigrants. to me the people who are rich are the people who work, and i call them tax payers. we need to get our budget in order. i hope a common ground is we all agree we cannot keep pressing money and borrowing to get ourselves into solvency. we have to get ourselves in order. .ost: john from virginia her
social programs are facing a cut back under president obama's budget. last caller on this topic in the spurt, virginia. -- in leesburg virginia. caller: those calling and saying we should pay into payroll tax -- that is nonsense. it is a pay-as-you-go system. for those receiving benefits right now -- there is no lock box. it is nonsense. second point, the military theet is a majority of discretionary portion of the budget. over all it is a very small portion of the budget. i think what is...
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they like the obama administration concluded that the state law under attack was not constitutional, they kept enforcing it but they didn't defend it in court. which is exactly what you did here in washington. maybe you could explain. how can the supreme court find that they can reach the merits when the federal government stops defending a statute it considers unconstitutional but they can't reach the merits when the state of california stops defending a statue or in their case, for the exact same reason? >> well, the supreme court explained that in its opinion and it's a really good question. but there are a couple of differences that allowed one case to go forward with the other not going forward. in california, in the prop 8 case, the state stopped defending the statute but also stopped participating in the case. they just, the layiers weren't there. they were just gone. in this case, in windsor where the united states was a party to the case, we stopped defending the statute but we didn't stop participating in the case. onetayed in the case and reason we did that is because part
they like the obama administration concluded that the state law under attack was not constitutional, they kept enforcing it but they didn't defend it in court. which is exactly what you did here in washington. maybe you could explain. how can the supreme court find that they can reach the merits when the federal government stops defending a statute it considers unconstitutional but they can't reach the merits when the state of california stops defending a statue or in their case, for the exact...
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under president obama in the second term has a serious plan to cut the military budget. china had some rebalancing. -- the u.s. had some rebalancing, toward the asia- pacific region specifically. this to be aed u.s.-led deliberate effort to contain china. this is also an opportunity for his rebalancing to asia policy, and hopefully have dialogue rather than start a new arms race. about currencyn from twitter -- what is the effect of the currency were having on china? inst: some of the people the united states and the west believe china is a manipulator, but that u.s. government does not define it that way. thea actually appreciated rim be significantly. as chinese exports slow down, there is a tremendous word in for -- burden for the chinese government because there is a high percentage of students. the chinese government is always concerned about social stability heard on the -- stability. on the other hand it is in china's interest to make the chinese currency convertible. it will still take a few more years to complete that process. host: we had a previous legislator,
under president obama in the second term has a serious plan to cut the military budget. china had some rebalancing. -- the u.s. had some rebalancing, toward the asia- pacific region specifically. this to be aed u.s.-led deliberate effort to contain china. this is also an opportunity for his rebalancing to asia policy, and hopefully have dialogue rather than start a new arms race. about currencyn from twitter -- what is the effect of the currency were having on china? inst: some of the people...
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the opportunity here is under the obama administration, the price of wind has dropped by almost 50%. the price of solar has dropped more than 75%. so, we have a chance right now, to leapfrog over fossil fuels. not right away, and not entirely, but when all of these coal plants are coming off line, we can have a majority of the energy mix -- a super majority of the energy mix, come from solar, wind, and in aggressive renewable energy. that is starting to happen at the utility level, but it is not being pushed as much as it needs to at the federal level. there are a lot of great examples. the omaha power district in nebraska recently made a big investment in wind, so by 2017, they will be at 30% of their power coming from wind. a warren buffett subsidiary, mid-american energy, was considering building a nuclear power plant, backed away from that, and made the largest economic investment of any kind in the state of iowa's history, and by 2017, mid-america and iowa will be powered 39% by wind. we see in oklahoma, texas, colorado, minnesota, all of the states, big investment in solar and
the opportunity here is under the obama administration, the price of wind has dropped by almost 50%. the price of solar has dropped more than 75%. so, we have a chance right now, to leapfrog over fossil fuels. not right away, and not entirely, but when all of these coal plants are coming off line, we can have a majority of the energy mix -- a super majority of the energy mix, come from solar, wind, and in aggressive renewable energy. that is starting to happen at the utility level, but it is...
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under president obama, even his judicial nominees have had to wait 100 days longer than president bush. we have one nominee who deals with making sure the water we drink and the air we breathe is sure. he has been waiting almost 890 days because they do not like that agency, the environmental protection agency. it is an undeniable fact that the obstruction we have seen this year is new and very, very different. this is not just about republicans versus democrats. this is about doing what is right for this institution to involve and remain responsive to the needs our country has and we have not been doing that. the status quo of this gridlock has guaranteed that the middle class gets no attention whatsoever. the most important distinction today between those who are willing to solve this problem and those who defend the status quo. how can anyone in good conscience defend the status quo? for people to stand and say, you are breaking the rules to change the rules. since 1977, the rules have been changed 18 times. i got my numbers mixed up. rules are changed all the time. senator byrd, th
under president obama, even his judicial nominees have had to wait 100 days longer than president bush. we have one nominee who deals with making sure the water we drink and the air we breathe is sure. he has been waiting almost 890 days because they do not like that agency, the environmental protection agency. it is an undeniable fact that the obstruction we have seen this year is new and very, very different. this is not just about republicans versus democrats. this is about doing what is...
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two years ago when i told obama to throw israel under the bus -- when they told obama to --ow israel under the bus 2002, all of the arab countries offered to give israel peace if .hey go back to the green line they absolutely refused to do it. do not want a piece, they want the united states to protect them. , int in 1967w 1948 they took 54% of palestine and then the rest of it, up to 90%, in the 1967 war. they had no reason to do it at all. you said palestinians are not interested in peace, why? caller: neither side is interested in a settlement. they both want all the land. host: a democratic caller, hello. caller: good morning. , how canon is this this piece talk go on without the gaza strip? need to behink they part of the negotiations? caller: of course. the neighboring countries of the egypt, syria, and all of the other countries are in the area. back to "the washington times." those are the folks were presenting these talks. yesterday martin in, the special envoy for those talks, we will are getting your thoughts -- we are getting your thoughts. riverside, california, at democ
two years ago when i told obama to throw israel under the bus -- when they told obama to --ow israel under the bus 2002, all of the arab countries offered to give israel peace if .hey go back to the green line they absolutely refused to do it. do not want a piece, they want the united states to protect them. , int in 1967w 1948 they took 54% of palestine and then the rest of it, up to 90%, in the 1967 war. they had no reason to do it at all. you said palestinians are not interested in peace,...
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i think we've seen the trade agreements concluded under president obama with panama approved by congress. significant majorities in the house and senate, those of you consider congress is the voice of the people in some way. and if there is a lot of frustration. there have been winners and losers in trade agreement. that is something that will continue. it will be a difficult issue, no question about it. host: republic and calller. oklahoma city. u.s. competean the with companies and countries that are state-funded. airbus, for example, when they sell an airplane they financed it, and then they differ the payments until the purchaser makes a profit. can they compete with that type of lopsided financial's? from: airbus has benefited a number of subsidies and preferential treatment the european argument has done well. they have been competing with that issue. a critical element going forward. and if those enterprises are not forced to compete on similar economic terms, companies are certainly at a disadvantage. host: what do you expect to happen first with the agreements? guest: probably t
i think we've seen the trade agreements concluded under president obama with panama approved by congress. significant majorities in the house and senate, those of you consider congress is the voice of the people in some way. and if there is a lot of frustration. there have been winners and losers in trade agreement. that is something that will continue. it will be a difficult issue, no question about it. host: republic and calller. oklahoma city. u.s. competean the with companies and countries...
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they will discuss how we can confront these challenges and discuss ways to enhance our two countries under the strategic framework agreement. this is an important time for u.s.-iraqi relations. we must never forget the thousands of americans and many more iraqis who lost their lives in the struggle for a new, free iraq. iraq has moved on many issues, and its future looks bright. it is blessed with committed national -- natural resources. it has to medically improved relations with its neighbors, particularly kuwait, and it's deepening ties with jordan and turkey. as iraqi has worked to agree integrate itself into the region, you seen 17 arab countries open embassies in baghdad. we have seen increased opportunity for american business. are nowrporations invested in iraqi. in may of this year the united states in iraq -- and iraq signed an agreement that paves the ground for future generations of iraqi leaders. thousands of iraqi students and scholarships come to the united intes to research and study a writing appeals, and every year this number increases. iraq still faces challenges. we sh
they will discuss how we can confront these challenges and discuss ways to enhance our two countries under the strategic framework agreement. this is an important time for u.s.-iraqi relations. we must never forget the thousands of americans and many more iraqis who lost their lives in the struggle for a new, free iraq. iraq has moved on many issues, and its future looks bright. it is blessed with committed national -- natural resources. it has to medically improved relations with its...
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from the hill newspaper this morning, the president under fire for skirting congress. critics are jumping on president obama for unilaterally delaying requirements for obamacare. the action marks the second time this year the a administration has used executive power for putting off controversial provisions of the health care law. chris is a democrat in new york. hi, chris. caller: how are you doing? talking about president obama lying, congress has been lying about the aca for how long now? they want to do anything that hurts americans. that is what they are doing. i have medical. i bought medical. my wife has a pre-existing condition. do you know what our copayments are, $1500. i went to get my medicine and they only cover for two weeks. i am taking five medications. host: with all of that information, what would you like to see done? caller: i would like to see the aca keep going. there are so many sick people. everybody has some kind of condition. we all need help. everybody is saying, i would rather pay for my medical. i have no problem paying, but cover my condit
from the hill newspaper this morning, the president under fire for skirting congress. critics are jumping on president obama for unilaterally delaying requirements for obamacare. the action marks the second time this year the a administration has used executive power for putting off controversial provisions of the health care law. chris is a democrat in new york. hi, chris. caller: how are you doing? talking about president obama lying, congress has been lying about the aca for how long now?...
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here's the problem, the trade deficit has continued to go up under the obama administration. now it's $315 billion last year with china. a tremendous imbalance. the president is meeting with the chinese president next week in california. i hope they take the economic issues a little bit more seriously than they have been and develop a program to reduce the trade deficit down to a much more sustainable level. it does cost america lot of jobs and wealth and a lot of know-how and it's not easy to rebuild. host: as the president meets with the chinese leader in a few days, what is on the line for manufacturing? guest: there is a lot on the line for manufacturing. we have the currency issue, which a lot of people are aware of. china has an undervalued currency that gives them a trade advantage. the administration is walking slowly on that issue. i hope that gets raised. you have the intellectual property theft. a lot of companies " stated in china complain about. you have the issue of cyber hacking, which impacts american security but as well as on privacy and on enterprise as wel
here's the problem, the trade deficit has continued to go up under the obama administration. now it's $315 billion last year with china. a tremendous imbalance. the president is meeting with the chinese president next week in california. i hope they take the economic issues a little bit more seriously than they have been and develop a program to reduce the trade deficit down to a much more sustainable level. it does cost america lot of jobs and wealth and a lot of know-how and it's not easy to...
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they like the obama administration concluded that the state law under attack was not constitutional, they kept enforcing it but they didn't defend it in court. which is exactly what you did here in washington. maybe you could explain. how can the supreme court find that they can reach the merits when the federal government stops defending a statute it considers unconstitutional but they can't reach the merits when the state of california stops defending a statue or in their case,, for the exact same reason? >> well, the supreme court explained that in its opinion and it's a really good question. but there are a couple of differences that allowed one case to go forward with the other not going forward. in california, in the prop 8 case, the state stopped defending the statute but also stopped participating in the case. they just, the layiers weren't there. they were just gone. in this case, in windsor where the united states was a party to the case, we stopped defending the statute but we didn't stop participating in the case. we stayed in the case and one reason we did that is becaus
they like the obama administration concluded that the state law under attack was not constitutional, they kept enforcing it but they didn't defend it in court. which is exactly what you did here in washington. maybe you could explain. how can the supreme court find that they can reach the merits when the federal government stops defending a statute it considers unconstitutional but they can't reach the merits when the state of california stops defending a statue or in their case,, for the exact...
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and in fact every major program helping families and children was done under the clinton administration and nothing has had that since then and now it's the barack obama with the new generation of women leaderships to make sure we move this forward. nothing new has been done since 1996. no more. in maryland there are 14,000 14,700 families served by that program. in the whole country a million and a half children receive this help, so we're putting together to refresh, to reform and to renew the child care development block grant. that's what was on the agenda in the senate. we've already moved it through the health education committee. i've the support of republicans. there are real republicans who are compassionate conservatives. remember that phrase? there are those. i find them, seek and you shall find. [laughter] and so our agenda in the senate is to join with our sisters in the house to work with a common cause with their agenda with the agenda they put together and be able to move this forward so we want to be sure more ll is said and done, is said than gets done but now it's tim
and in fact every major program helping families and children was done under the clinton administration and nothing has had that since then and now it's the barack obama with the new generation of women leaderships to make sure we move this forward. nothing new has been done since 1996. no more. in maryland there are 14,000 14,700 families served by that program. in the whole country a million and a half children receive this help, so we're putting together to refresh, to reform and to renew...
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this is just under an hour. [bells] ♪ [national anthem] ♪ ♪ [taps] ♪ america the beautiful ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen,please welcome major general jeffrey buchanan, commanding general, united states army. [applause] mr. patrick hallinan, national cemeteries director. [applause] mr. harold fritz, national president for the congressional medal honor society for the united states of america. [applause] and the honorable eric k. shinseki, secretary of veterans affairs. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] ♪ [ hail to the chief ] ♪ ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing, please place your hand over your heart, or render the salute. ♪ ♪ please remain standing for the prayer for all veterans. delivered by the department of chaplainaffairs service. >> let us pray. oh god, i am an american veteran, and ever with your grace and your strength to guide me, i have sacrificed for you and country. and you have made my heritage long, and proud. for i shivered
this is just under an hour. [bells] ♪ [national anthem] ♪ ♪ [taps] ♪ america the beautiful ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen,please welcome major general jeffrey buchanan, commanding general, united states army. [applause] mr. patrick hallinan, national cemeteries director. [applause] mr. harold fritz, national president for the congressional medal honor society for the united states of america. [applause] and the honorable eric k. shinseki, secretary of veterans affairs. [applause]...
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signed barack obama, the white house. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on ways and means and ordered printed. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the house will stand in the ministration is issued a veto threat to this bill, but the republicans keep pushing him because it is a failing political message for the campaign season. >> what are the areas the bill would open up? >> the golf of mexico, the california coast, and the eastern shore of the united states, which part of the united states differs a little bit, and most of them are done by 20/20. >> how much oil and gas are these new fields supposed to yield? >> the republicans like to point mucht could increase how oil we produce. something that i tended -- attended a briefing with with kevin mccarthy, along with other sponsors, they talk about how jobs and the with energy security of the united states. about, i do not talk lot of the oil in north dakota, one more piece of the pie that they think can help us get closer to independence. >> what are democ
signed barack obama, the white house. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on ways and means and ordered printed. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the house will stand in the ministration is issued a veto threat to this bill, but the republicans keep pushing him because it is a failing political message for the campaign season. >> what are the areas the bill would open up? >> the golf of mexico, the california coast, and the eastern shore of the united states, which...
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the table so that barack obama could be reelected. all i can tell you is this country needs more than two parties. guest: we are conducting oversight and the reason this whole thing blew up with the irs is basically because the house ways and means committee, chairman camp and myself, conducting oversight, we basically did the groundwork that got the inspector general involved in this and that is why we are where we are today with the american people seeing some sunlight shed on the operations of the irs. this is just the beginning, and we are going to continue this process. i take my role as chairman of the oversight subcommittee on ways and means very seriously. i took over that position in the last congress, and we have just gotten started in this area and we will continue to pursue it vigorously. host: from twitter, will overreach by congress and the effort to overhaul tax from? strike theeed to right balance with compliance and the ability to administrate the tax code. that makes the argument for a simpler tax code, which is our
the table so that barack obama could be reelected. all i can tell you is this country needs more than two parties. guest: we are conducting oversight and the reason this whole thing blew up with the irs is basically because the house ways and means committee, chairman camp and myself, conducting oversight, we basically did the groundwork that got the inspector general involved in this and that is why we are where we are today with the american people seeing some sunlight shed on the operations...
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the first four years under the obama work, they deported more than george bush did in eight years. people are coming in. they have been here. they are good and lawful citizens. that is one thing. if they are here with criminal records and they do not go along here. host: let's go to jerry, republican. caller: good morning, c-span. i just want to ask you one question. most democrats go on with this immigration bill. they say it will be good for the country. it will make everything better. the last time they did this, this made everything very bad under ronald reagan. african americans still suffer from that. when you talk about bringing 11 million more people, the unemployment rate is just doubling. i am telling you now. if you bring more people in that will make us suffer. we are the ones that used to do those jobs that used to do in construction in steel mills. we got pushed out when you all came in. when you all talk about this, think about that. how are we going to make this work? we are here. they are coming here. who's going to take those jobs? we are. guest: i do not want to
the first four years under the obama work, they deported more than george bush did in eight years. people are coming in. they have been here. they are good and lawful citizens. that is one thing. if they are here with criminal records and they do not go along here. host: let's go to jerry, republican. caller: good morning, c-span. i just want to ask you one question. most democrats go on with this immigration bill. they say it will be good for the country. it will make everything better. the...
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that increased 3000% under obama's administration. the reason was secretary shinseki had opened the doors for ptsd, agent orange complains, and desert storm syndromes. in a variety of other clinton had not been recognized. what happens if you have a flood of people that come in and they were not prepared for it. it accelerated and almost hit one million veteran backlogs. we had 900,000 pending claims in february of this year alone. host: what did shinseki do as far as accommodating that? guest: he basically put in a plan that all of the backlog claims will be resolved by 2015. what is upsetting to us is that it happened in the first place. 97% of these claims were being handled manually. not even automated. so what are we doing when we open up the doors for more opportunity for claims, and then not having a plan in place to handle that efficiency? that is like saying i sell online and have no shipping process an order. you have to have this set up correctly. now we have a plan by 2015. what about the veterans that are dying in the mea
that increased 3000% under obama's administration. the reason was secretary shinseki had opened the doors for ptsd, agent orange complains, and desert storm syndromes. in a variety of other clinton had not been recognized. what happens if you have a flood of people that come in and they were not prepared for it. it accelerated and almost hit one million veteran backlogs. we had 900,000 pending claims in february of this year alone. host: what did shinseki do as far as accommodating that? guest:...
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how different is that from what preceded president obama under george w. bush? george w. bush never could have done that because he was a republican. it required a democratic resident to actually push forward -- president to push forward an agenda that many people associate it with what republicans would have done. i can see why people may think, what is the difference between between the education policiey agendas? inc. about how different the landscape today is an education policy versus what it was a decade or two ago. if you think about education -- american education circa 1980 or 1990, the overwhelming majority -- 97% of the population attending neighborhood public schools or schools that were -- amongst the people that were in public schools attending neighborhood public schools that were associated with a given residential location. a small number of choice programs that were almost invariably with in the public school system. we have had magnet schools of increasing popularity since the 1970's. they tended to be small as part of a general choice infrastructure. d
how different is that from what preceded president obama under george w. bush? george w. bush never could have done that because he was a republican. it required a democratic resident to actually push forward -- president to push forward an agenda that many people associate it with what republicans would have done. i can see why people may think, what is the difference between between the education policiey agendas? inc. about how different the landscape today is an education policy versus what...
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bush without saying president who wantt those people president obama to vice president president before obama said, that they will go ahead and apologize for ever referring to bush without president in front of that. but the reason that doesn't necessarily need to happen is -- i know most people didn't mean ny iltl ill-will by that and those who hung president bush in effa guy and said nasty things about president bush, never crossed my mind that they might they ist, but i thought just disliked the man. if you say something about the president, then you must be a raceist. and i just look so forward to the day when the dream of martin luther king, one of them, will be realized that people be judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin. i testified today before the senate subcommittee of the judiciary about the stand your ground act and actually that u.s. ge comes from 1895 supreme court case where the supreme court said an individual could stand his ground. so that's not a new invention, but i was reminded when people began to talk about racism in terms of
bush without saying president who wantt those people president obama to vice president president before obama said, that they will go ahead and apologize for ever referring to bush without president in front of that. but the reason that doesn't necessarily need to happen is -- i know most people didn't mean ny iltl ill-will by that and those who hung president bush in effa guy and said nasty things about president bush, never crossed my mind that they might they ist, but i thought just disliked...
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the obama administration is not likely to cut and run. you see signs in the press to get down to a lower level. level of 6000 is around. if that was to take place, under the afghan security forces operate without the support in forms of air, logistics, and pay, especially when virtually every nato country wants to get out as quickly as possible? we could see a quicker decline in western presence in 2013, rather than 2014. >> would you like to discuss that first? >> this is a legitimate concern. in fact, our defense minister is in town today at the pentagon, discussing some of these issues. he has come with a detailed list of the enablers the afghan national army needs, including, as you mentioned, long-range artillery and intelligence- gathering capabilities. fixed-wing and rotary aircraft for transportation. we have been completely dependent for all of these things on nato and our other friends and allies. again, a lot of these equipments are not as expensive as conducting these operations with nato in afghanistan. if there is a politica
the obama administration is not likely to cut and run. you see signs in the press to get down to a lower level. level of 6000 is around. if that was to take place, under the afghan security forces operate without the support in forms of air, logistics, and pay, especially when virtually every nato country wants to get out as quickly as possible? we could see a quicker decline in western presence in 2013, rather than 2014. >> would you like to discuss that first? >> this is a...
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they do not want to help president obama. if it was george bush, they would have done jobs. we need to get a woman in office. i voted for hillary, and i would vote for her again because i made more money under bill clinton in 12 years than i did in -- under reagan, bush senior or ocean junior, and i think this country needs to be taught a lesson and go under depression for about a week, and everybody appreciates. -- would appreciate what they do. i am on disability. i drove a truck for 20 years. i vote every trucker calls -- i hope every trucker calls to shut it down. guest: i will not go there could host: it is not 2016 yet. iest: it is not 2016, and love hillary, and i hope she runs, and i would be out front carrying the flag, the going to the point where we want a depression is not something we should be asking for, but he brings up the point, he did very well under president clinton, and i think there are a lot of americans that did in that balanced way. remember, it was that democratic budget. many people lost their seats and we ended up in surplus. we also had, believe
they do not want to help president obama. if it was george bush, they would have done jobs. we need to get a woman in office. i voted for hillary, and i would vote for her again because i made more money under bill clinton in 12 years than i did in -- under reagan, bush senior or ocean junior, and i think this country needs to be taught a lesson and go under depression for about a week, and everybody appreciates. -- would appreciate what they do. i am on disability. i drove a truck for 20...
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[applause] the stagnation under president obama doesn't fall uniformly. if you so happen to be a tax lawyer or environmental lawyer, you're doing great right now. but i'll tell you the people that are hurting the most are those are the struggling and the least well off among us. under president obama, hispanic unemployment climbed to 10%, african american to 14%. unemployment for young people ages 16-19 over 25%. that's why for a long time i've been championing what i call opportunity conservativism, which is every republican, every conservative should focus on easing the steps of the economic ladder. splange how ore free market system has served as the most incredible engine for opportunity, for millions of people to come with nothing and achieve anything. the policies that barack obama do not work and the people that are hurting the most are young people, african americans, hispanic, single moms are those finding their opportunities shut off to reach the american dream. so we need to champion growth. growth at every stage to get the economy booming. we
[applause] the stagnation under president obama doesn't fall uniformly. if you so happen to be a tax lawyer or environmental lawyer, you're doing great right now. but i'll tell you the people that are hurting the most are those are the struggling and the least well off among us. under president obama, hispanic unemployment climbed to 10%, african american to 14%. unemployment for young people ages 16-19 over 25%. that's why for a long time i've been championing what i call opportunity...
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if obamacare is good for everybody, why isn't obama under obamacare and his staff and the cabinet? put everybody in obamacare. that is why we have this fight, because obamacare discriminates, and it's a fight worth having. defund it until everybody is treated fair. no discrimination. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. r. lamalfa: mr. mr. lamalfa: republicans believe in a smaller government, a less intrucive government, and so it shouldn't be a surprise when we step forward with ideas on budgeting, on spending, that we would want to pick and choose things that we think are appropriate for the government to do and not fund the things that are inappropriate. that's the situation as we view it with the obama health care takeover. we see that it doesn't work, we see it's going to be horrendously more expensive. what really di
if obamacare is good for everybody, why isn't obama under obamacare and his staff and the cabinet? put everybody in obamacare. that is why we have this fight, because obamacare discriminates, and it's a fight worth having. defund it until everybody is treated fair. no discrimination. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute and revise and...
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above -- that the obama administration has ordered be held under military charge. there is a small population that will be subject to military commission, which means the prosecutor the government believes they can prove a case beyond a reasonable of doubt that they are guilty of war crimes. there is this other pot of detainees that have been cleared for release either by executive viet by the court where the country -- where the court has a hard time finding where to take them. are a bunch of different categories. is ourharlie stimson guest. is aboutussion guantanamo bay, its current status, and perhaps what to do with it as well. the constitution project recently came out with a recommendation. the cochairs of this study of guantanamo, the former dhs secratary and general james bees, say guantanamo should closed by 2014. should lift prohibition on allowing remaining duties in the west. remaining detainees in the u.s.. making an argument for closing guantanamo -- guest: the argument for closing guantanamo is that it has sustained our national reputation. -- it had
above -- that the obama administration has ordered be held under military charge. there is a small population that will be subject to military commission, which means the prosecutor the government believes they can prove a case beyond a reasonable of doubt that they are guilty of war crimes. there is this other pot of detainees that have been cleared for release either by executive viet by the court where the country -- where the court has a hard time finding where to take them. are a bunch of...
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bush and obama. look at the unemployment under bush as compared to now. look at gas rices under bush compared to now. look at misery now. carter's high gas prices. gas lines and high inflation and interest rates and the misery index. if it is democrat is worse. what host: do you think? this is a reporting on a pole about presidential candidates for 2016 running out more than just governors. to pittsburgh we go and frank is on our democrats line. my assessment, i've been keeping up with politics for a long time. think none of those republicans could ever make a good president in this day and time. host: why not? not wellhey are rounded to handle the complexities of the days events there it domestically and foreign. i don't think christie, walker, no. they are too heavily invested with grover norquist and the big money people. they will never make good presidents at all in my opinion. i have been observing and i am trying to give an objective point of view. this is a piece by jennifer rubin in "the washington post." why any governor over any senator? this i
bush and obama. look at the unemployment under bush as compared to now. look at gas rices under bush compared to now. look at misery now. carter's high gas prices. gas lines and high inflation and interest rates and the misery index. if it is democrat is worse. what host: do you think? this is a reporting on a pole about presidential candidates for 2016 running out more than just governors. to pittsburgh we go and frank is on our democrats line. my assessment, i've been keeping up with politics...